Fuel costs: how do they make a profit? Selling bags of popcorn by motorbike. Asian tenacity in Vietnam …
Travels in Asia magazine
My Travel Philosophy
“I’m blissfully not addicted to other peoples’ opinions.”
I choose where I go, and enjoy what I choose. ðŸ¤
A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORKING LUNCH
Sihanoukville dispatches: Should old, faithful, seagrass straw hat finally be retired? It has been my one constant companion all over Asia. The potential replacement (US$4 at tourists shop) is “made for Modernist with selected material”. But am I travel Modernist material?
DON’T U HATE IT WHEN YOU’RE TRAVELLING AND…
Phnom Penh dispatches: Something in the water in South-East Asia makes my clothes shrink. A bit more each day until I go home. Hmmm. Anyway, lashing out for lunch today: delicious duck and fresh hand-made noodles ($US4.50) at one of my fav tourist eateries, Davids Noodles…
PLEASURE IN PAIN
Phnom Penh dispatches: Not unlike an Alabama catfish that’s been stunned numb and dumb by an electric eel, I’ve been thoroughly “therapied” by a blind massage therapist; my lumbar osteoarthritis pummelled into submission. Kneaded and prodded like Topolino’s pizza dough. Therapists obviously have varying degrees of blindness: one bloke has a flash Rolex wristwatch, and I catch my therapist with one hand working my arm while the other is checking messages on her mobile phone. $US7 an hour (for foreigners) and well worth it…
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO ON HOLIDAY AND LEAVE YOUR CAT BEHIND?
“Hey, I’m packed and ready to go.” My son is having a break in sunny Darwin and left his cat, Bubbles, behind with me in Melbourne. Bubbles has taken up residence in my travel backpack…
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